Speed Courses

Here is a map that shows the location of the speed courses.

When the wind is forecast as a westerly the Dawlish Warren acts as the break to allow the wind to blow as if it where off shore. It can often be a little blustery. When I sail this for speed it is often that I am well overpowered at the entrance to the river, however by the time you reach the warren, the water is like a mill pond on a summers day and you can sail this broad reach for hundreds of meters. I often sail 1m to 1.5m sail larger than people who would be sailing from the Queens Drive carpark area.

When the wind is southerly and the sand bank is showing the run along the estuary is owsome, the wind is uninterrupted as the sandbank is usually only a meter or so above sea level. As the wind veers off to south westerly, the sand bar still works but reduces reach angle.